God's Arithmetic 4/1 Monday Meditation

"Is you cruse of comfort failing? Rise and share it with another."


"Scanty fare for one is a royal feast for two," is God's arithmetic. When you find yourself growing comfortless, go quickly and share what you have left with some one who has less than you, and you shall return with your own cup running over.



-- Carrie Judd Montgomery

Why Is Good Friday So Good? 3/29 Friday Faith

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Why is Good Friday so Good?

Erik Raymond — April 10, 2009

What follows are some meditations as to why Good Friday is good. The topic is truly infinite. Hopefully this serves to stir your heart as a believer and aid conversations with unbelievers today.

Good Friday is ‘good’ because…

…Jesus was my substitute there upon that blood-stained tree

…Jesus wore the crown of thorns that I might wear the crown of life

…Jesus was scourged that I might be healed

…Jesus was condemned that I might be pardoned

…Jesus was abandoned that I might be accepted

…Jesus was made to be sin that I might be declared and ultimately made righteous

…Jesus pleased the Father whom I had angered

…Jesus tasted death that I may never taste it

…Jesus drank wrath that I might drink the waters of life

…Jesus died that I may live

…Jesus was shamed for my shameful sin

…Jesus was showered with judgment he did not deserve that I might be showered with the grace that I do not deserve

…Jesus distinguished himself as the exclusive basis for divine forgiveness

…Jesus purchased eternal redemption through his eternal sacrifice to pay my eternal debt

…Jesus crushed the serpent’s head (he defeated the devil)

…Jesus pleased the Father

…Jesus vindicated the glory of God

…Jesus put the attributes of God on full display singing in beautiful harmony (justice, love, wrath, forgiveness, holiness, mercy…)

…Good Friday is good because I am so bad

….and Good Friday is only good because the Savior, our Lord Jesus is so good

Comfort of the Holy Ghost 3/28 Thursday Thoughts

(continued from Wednesday): Dear ones, if you really desire the comfort of the Holy Ghost, and communion with the Father, in order that you may use it as Jesus used it, it is for you, and those that seek shall find, but if you get this heavenly comfort, it will cause you to reach out in all directions to comfort others with the same comfort wherewith you have been comforted. You will not wait for opportunities, you will go where the opportunities are, among the halt and lame, the sick and the blind, as Jesus did, and you will learn this remarkable fact, that as you impart your comfort, it increases. The law of giving differs from all other mathematics. The more you spend, the more you have. Gifts of grace multiply by division.


-- Carrie Judd Montgomery

Comforted of God 3/27 Wednesday Wisdom

I find so many people seeking for comfort. They say it is the comfort of the Holy Ghost they want, yet many of them are seeking it for selfish purposes. They desire to be comforted of God -- not that they may become ministers of comfort in their turn, but so that they may have a good time, and be free from pain and trouble, and be at ease in Zion. (to be continued)


-- Carrie Judd Montgomery

Passover Overview 3/26 Tuesday Truth

Since Christians need to understand their connection to their Jewish roots in the Old Testament, I usually give a teaching for every Jewish holy day. Passover begins this year at sundown, Monday, March 25. This comes from the Lent Devotionals on christianbook.com:




The Passover feast was established to celebrate Israel's deliverance from Egypt and to remind the people of how God had delivered them from the plagues and slavery. From this point on in history, the Hebrew people would clearly understand that for them to be spared from death, an innocent life had to be sacrificed in their place. The unblemished lamb, now called the Paschal lamb, is a type of the true Lamb, Jesus Christ. The Crucifixion story, showing the justice of God's passing over and sparing those who are sprinkled with the blood of Christ, parallels the Passover.





The Passover was observed in the month of Abib, which corresponds to late March and early April on our calendar. A year old male lamb without blemish was selected and killed at dusk. Christ, perfect and without sin, died in the late afternoon hours (Luke 23:44-45). Caution was made to not break the bones of the lamb. So it was with Christ's body (John 19:31-37). The Passover occurred before the law was established in the Old Testament showing that it was the blood of the lamb that delivered mankind out of bondage, not the law. The lamb was a sacrifice, a substitute for the person who would have died in the plague. Christ is our substitute over the penalty of death. The lamb's death signified freedom to Israel. Christ's death redeems us.

At the Passover, it was not enough that the blood of the lamb was shed. It had to be applied to the door by the believer. The blood was to be sprinkled with a hyssop branch upon the sides and top of the door as an outwardly sign of accepting the blood's atonement. The hyssop represents faith in accepting the promise of God's protection. When we profess our faith in the blood of Christ, we will openly do our best to live and love for Him.

Royal Bounty 3/25 Monday Meditation

And as "King Solomon gave unto the Queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty" (1 Kings 10:13), so a "greater than Solomon" is our King, and His "royal bounty" shall so far exceed what we ask or think as to make us constantly amazed and delighted with His goodness.


-- Carrie Judd Montgomery

Joy in Trial 3/22 Friday Faith

In fact, there is joy and wonderful glory in a trial of faith when we have the perfect confidence that we are already more than conquerors, and we are able to smile at Satan's vain attempts to overthrow our faith.




-- Carrie Judd Montgomery